Phantom Knight

Day Three

~morning~

"why are we delivering food to squall again?"Zell asked looking at selphie, holding a tray loaded down with food.

"Because I feel bad about pestering them and I wanna check up on them and besides the class is tomorrow and I want to make sure Seifer is going to go!" Selphie answers once more. Goodness the blonde couldn't remember a thing could he! How he ever passed his test Selphie just didn't know.

"Well... Let me call in then." Irvine says to break that up. He hits the com system and it dings before he talks into it. "Hey Seifer and Squall we got a delivery of goods for ya'll, better come and get it quick before the goddess opens the door with her override codes!" He says grinning before getting beat away by Selphie. "Seify!! Squall! Open the door the food's getting cold!" She hollers.

Seifer groans and turns onto his side then frowns. His chest and torsoe were covered in Squall's sticky seed still. He grins and kisses Squall, deeply to wake him up.

Squall whined a little,sleepily kissing him back, eyes blinking slowly pulling away."Was that irvine I heard?"He asked sitting up,looking at the blond,a slow,pleased smile crossing his lips at the sight of seifer still covered in his seed.

"Take a look at your chest sunshine. Take care of them I'm taking a shower." Seifer says getting up and walking to the bathroom fully nude and fully comfertable with it. He wets a wrag and tosses it out at Squall before closing the door. Since he had been back these three day's he had taken a shower every morning.

Squall smiled a little cleaning up,going to get out of bed,a pained groan crossing his lips as he straightened up.Slouching a little,he tugged on a pair of sweat pants and one of his hoodies,which he didnt wear alot but he didnt want his friends noticing he was limping. Heading towards the door, he braced himself,opening the door,smiling a little at the pilot."And you felt the need to bring me food because....?"

"Because selphie felt bad about pestering you guys and wanted check up on you and make sure seifer was still coming to class tommorow."Zell grinned,looking at the smaller woman, making sure he didn't forget anything.

"Yes and why are you in Seifers room's!" Selphie asks walking in. Pushing Squall out of the way. "Hurry up and put the food on the table!" She says to the two taller men behind her.

Irvine gives Squall a watered down grin. Everyone knew he was helpless against the little womans commands, and domination.

Seifer was in the shower in the back washign his hair with the soap he had bought on the trip. He didn't want to admit it. But a lot of his strength was gone and his wonderful figure was a little flabby. He was still strong just not defined. Well the class would fix that. and He would go.

Zell grinned,taking the tray to the table, before turning to hear what squall would say about staying in seifer's room.

Squall swallowed hard,stumbling back a step,the pain in his back flairing at the shove,before catching his step,"I fell asleep on the couch,so he just let me sleep."

"Well tell his highness we have arrived baring gift of food and company." Irvine says theatrically.

Selphie giggles. "thats so sweet! Irvy you should have said that on the doorbell!" Selphie chuckles hugging the cowboy.

Squall raised a eyebrow."You two are very odd."He stated before headnig to the bathroom,knocking on the door before letting himself in,shutting the door behind him.

Zell shook his head."he's gonna get himself beat up like that.Just walking in."

"Yeah... Seifers way ,like, unpredictable." Irvine agrees still hugging selphie.

"you guys are so wrong! they are friends!" Selphie says disagreeing.

Seifer grins having just stepped out. He was dripping his hair down and wet now a thick gold in color. water ran down his body though he wasn't as developed he still had plenty of muscle and it showed.

Squall swallowed hard looking at him,his throat working with the effort to not go over and lick the water off."Selphie and the guys are staying for breakfast."He held up the clothes he'd picked up on his way."figured you'd better not walk out naked."

Zell grinned a little."Friends that tend to throw punches more then talk to each other."

Seifer growls and moves forward backing Squall against the door. It giving a small thump before pounding his hand beside Squall's head and leaning down capturing the brunette's lips while growling.

"See you can hear Seifer getting rough already." Irvine says hearing the thumps.

"He's just scaring him! Squall wouldn't let himself get hurt." Selphie says actually worring a little now.

Zell frowned,bouncing a little on his toes,wondering if they should interupt."Well...at least they dont have the gunblades with them."He said,spotting the two gunblade cases near the couch.

Squall moaned a little kissing him back,fingers running up wet skin,one hand curling against the man's ribcage,pulling him closer.

Seifer reaches his free hand down and grips Squall ass hard and tight licking and nibbling on SQuall's bottem lip.

"I think... Seifer might be teasing him... or they are discussing a plot and the bathroom is small and they keep knocking thns over no worries Selphie." Irvine says try t help keep her calm. Though now he was starting to worry a litle.

Squall moaned,his head falling back against the door with a thunk,raising a hand tangling it in seifer's hair,kissing him harder,rubbing up against him.

Zell nodded,looking at the girl."come on,we'll get their food out on plates and everything for when they come out."He said, pointing towards the cartons of food.

Seifer grins and pinches Squall's nipple hard his free hand taking his clothes from him then opening the door and kicking him out after he yelps, laughing hard. and Locks the door from the inside.

Irvine looks around the corner. "you still with us?" He asks thenhis face goes blank and then he grins, a rather smug know it all cheesy I know what you were doing kind of smile.

"what happened?!" Selphie asks helping Zell get things ready though.

"Squall you ok?"Zell said,worried.

"Yea."Squall answered without looking at irvine,sitting there for a moment there on the floor,staring at the door,not quite believing he'd been kicked out of a rather enjoyable kiss,and was glad that his sweat pants were fairly loose,before looking up at irvine,his eyebrows drawing together at the sight of the smile."what is it?"

"Oh nothing!" Irvine smiles changing his smile to his normal one and going around the corner to help set up once more. "He's fine, just a little rough housed." Irvine says his eyes twinkling as he heled set out the food. His eyes tinkling with mirth and mischeif.

Selphie looks at him then grins. She would force it out of him later. She starts to hum setting things up.

Zell raised a eyebrow,looking at the cowboy oddly,before going back to his work.

Squall sighed,pushing to his feet."Foods ready for you whenever you get dress,tease."He grumbled at the blond through the door, heading towards the kitchen,sliding into one of the seats,sighing a little,happy to be sitting since his lower back was hurting."It smells great selph.Thanks."

"Oh no problem!" Selphie chirps happily. Seifer walks out dressed hair down to dry but brushed through all nice and fresh from his shower. "Why is it everytime Squall is here, You bring a party." He scowls in a soft limp kind of way at Selphie though he sit's down and starts to dig in without waiting for her answer.

Irvine grins. "Cause we're phsycic and know when you would be bothered the like most ya know?" Irvine answers sitting down as well.

Squall frowned a little,looking at the cowboy,his eyes curious as he looked at him,wondering how much the cowboy had guessed, or knew for a fact."Anytime would be a bother when we're sleeping."He grumbled,though there was a smile hovering at the edges of his lips.

Zell snorted laughing."you never sleep past 6 in the morning squall."

Squall shrugged."I did today."He grumbled,eating.

"what got you tired enough to do that?" Irvine asks curiously. the mischeif sparkling in his eyes. the mirth playing in the smile on his face.

Seifer begins to eat but raises an eyebrow at Squall licking his fork, provokingly. before getting more food on it. breaking the contact.

"Wow Seifer you must be hungry... You didn't even eat this much all day yesterday!" Selphie smiles she was really happy about that.

Squall nearly choked on his food having been looking at the blond,swallowing hard before looking at irvine."trying to understand seifer's idea of logic would make anyone tired."

Zell looked at his friend oddly, selphie was almost to happy for him at times.

"Oh yeah! Seifer I have the schedual for the class!" Selphie smiles gettng it out of her back pocket on her jeans.

"I suppose so." Irvine agrees having caught the interaction.

Seifer takes it reading. His eyes narrowed as he read. It had been a long time since he ran on scheduals.

Squall leaned over,waiting to see what was causing the blond to frown so."what is it?"he said,not seeing anything odd about the schedule.

"Nothing." Seifer frowns harder folding the paper and puttng it in his pocket. Returning to his food.

"Anyways! I was thinking... after the first class we should all go into town and have a few drinks to celebrate!" Selphie suggests eating and perfectly comfertable.

"Already Selph? Don't you have something else your planning?" Irvine asks.

Squall raised a eyebrow eating his own food."arent you planning the easter party to?"

Zell nodded."But she's got most of it done."

"Thats right! And it's this weekend besides!" Selphie says as if that was anything resembling logical.

"There ya go." Irvine agrees with a shrug.

"I do not understand any of you." Seifer says standing rinsing his plate and fork, glancing at the couch then shoves his hands in his pockets. "Going for a walk." He says before walking out.

Squall sighed a little,watching him go,before looking at his friends."dont you have something to do?"He said,looking at the three,grinding his teeth with the effort it took not to go after seifer and figure out what was wrong,wondering when exactly it had started to take a effort not to care.

Zell grinned,"Not really.We dont have classes till this afternoon,so we're free to bug you all this morning."

"Aawww do you wanna go and be with Seifer?" Selphie asks actually looking sweet and normal about something this time.

"Selphie!" Irvine says in a rather hushed tone.

"Hush I saw it too! I'm not dumb you know!" Selphie crosses her arms and huffs.

Squall's head snapped around to look at the girl,his face carefully blank as he studied the cowboy and the girl."...what are you talking about?"

Zell frowned,looking at squall,having seen it to,and not sure what was going on,having not been there for the irvine,quistis, selphie discussion.

"Don't play dumb Squall. It's him isn't it. It has to be. As soon as he got here you haven't left his side. You slept together every night. I mean either real sleep or otherwise. And your always going to him when he leaves or you get really distant and don't listen." Selphie says folding ehr arms and looking at Squall.

"Squall... we don't mind... I mean we're happy for ya, ya know? Cause your, like, opening up more n' all." Irvine says shrugging appologetically siding with Selphie.

"I listen,its just easier to pretend I'm not.I get more work done that way."He grumbled,looking for a way out of this conversation without admitting anything,not wanting to say anything till he knew what seifer thought about everyone knowing.

"Fine! Deny it. But I'm putting you under room arrest. you've been altogether unfocused! Have you even seen some of the paper's you've so called written!? I'll tell Quisty. Irvine! Zell! Stay here and don't let him leave! I'm going to go consult with several people." Selphie says standing. Before turnign out and walking out of the room. Off in search of Seifer.

Squall'smouth fell open a little,staring off after the brunette, not quite believing she'd put him under room arrest, and despite being the commander and probably being able to order the two seeD left to guard him around,he respectedd his friends to much to pull rank.Settling back in his seat he sighed,setting about to finish his breakfast.

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Quistis stopped,having just been on her way to see the commander, having the exact same concern as selphie having just finished reading the papers squall'd written the day before, and watched the brunette near here."Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

"It's Seifer... I mean no it's not Seifer.... okay Squall's been having sex with Seifer. I put Squall under house arrest and now I'm trying to find Seifer to talk to him. Irvy and Zell are enforcing my orders until you make it offical, and Seifer doesn't seem to want to talk to anyone but Squall and you know how Squall still internalizes like everything! So I'm going to Try to find Seifer to talk to him and have him confide in me so I can help them both out." Selphie says all in one go.

Quistis stared at her as it took a few minutes to figure out exactly what she had said."I'll make it offical,but you know there's only so long he'll actually obey and stay under house arrest."She said thoughtfully,before frowning."wait,squall actually admitted to sleeping with him?"She asked,walking with the girl,now interested in finding seifer to,if only to hear it directly.

"Well no... but when we walked in... well... Seifer was in the shower and Squall just put whatever was on... and the room smelled like sex Quisty. That and he goes all quiet and looks away when you ask him. I hope Irvine and Zell make good gaurds. The only thing I know of that'll stop Squall in Rinoa and Seifer. and maybe Edea." Selphie says looking all around fo the figure of the tall blonde.

Quistis smiled a little,helping her look for the blond gunblader."And since rinoa's in dollet,seifer's off doing something,and edea's back at the orphanage,we have to hope squall's nice enough not to order the guys to let him leave."She shook her head a little,gods how did such a small man get so stubborn?she thought before smiling a little,tilting her head."Well,at least this part is acomplished.Seifer's over there."

"Oh good! Seifer!!" Selphie yells and waves. moving a little faster.

Seifer turns frowns and drops the cigarete and puts it out before tossing it in some bushes. No one knew he smoked. seeing as he hadn't had one for three days. He was kind of hoping Squall would find him not the bouncy little birdy girl and oh wait look She's got the other one with her.

Quistis rolled her eyes a little at selphie over zealous greeting,and by seifer's reaction taking they weren't welcome,but wanting to know what was going on to much not to bug the ex-knight.Walking over, she smiled a little at the knight."I was on my way to see squall,but she convinced me seeing you would be better since you could convince squall to actually takethe time and finish his work."She said,giving a perfectly good excuse to see him when she just wanted to know the latest gossip.

Selphie smiles " We need to talk... mostly about your private life Seifer." Selphie says.

"Why. And what's wrong with Squall?" Seifer says frowning.

Quistis shrugged a little."He's not paying attention and being as detailed on his reports since you got back as he usually is."Quistis studied him."we were just wondering if you could tell us why."

"We want to know if you two are having sex." Selphie translates.

Seifer sighs and rubs his face with his hand. before walking over to a bench and sitting down. "Yes... I'm 'having sex' with Squall. That wouldn't make him distracted though." Seifer saya laying his head back.

!uistis smirked a little, for once liking that they didn't have to twist someone's leg to get information out of them like they had dto with squall."It could.Or trying to figure out how to act around you again could."She shrugged,sitting next to him,glancing at her watch,wondering when squall's tell his friends off and escape his room arrest.

Seifer sighs. "He should just act like he usually does. I... Look this isn't exactly easy." Seifer growls at the woman.

"Seifer... we know... look... how about you lay off the sex tonight and sleep in different room's...no the same room just no sex... We are putting Squall under a two day house arrest... so... so you two can get situated I guess." Selphie shrugs. it was a little out of her league. more Quistis' but she was trying.

"And despite being headmistress,there's only so long he'll actually listen to me and staay in his room,since you're the only one he'll actually listen to."She smiled a little."I'm politely asking,"She grinned,thinking about ordering him,then remembered he didn't take orders well."That you stay in squall's room for the next two days,no sex but just sleeping together and get used to each other again."

"Except for class. All meals will be brought up.. and we'll leave two gaurds at the doors. to report anything." Selphie adds.

"Fine. Not like walking around is helping any." Seifer frowns. He really didn't want tobe confined or ordered about. But they had asked. and they were actually probably worried about SQuall.

Quistis nodded getting up."Talking to you is so much easier then squall.Getting personal information out of him is like pulling teeth.painful and difficult."She smiled a little,trying not to seem as worried as she actually was.

"It's not that hard."Squall scowled walking up from behind them,having gotten tired of being under room arrest.

"Squall! You didn't beat them up did you?!" Selphie jumps to her feet. back to being bouncy.

"Of course not."he said,smirking a little."I just ordered them to let me out."

Quistis sighed."Squall,really,its not nice pulling rank."

"But I didn't want to stay there, when the person I wanted to talk to was out here."He pointed out,sliding into quistis's vacated seat next to seifer.

"Take me to your room." Seifer says softly starting to sit up getting ready to stand. He was tired of all this. actually he was just tired.

"Take it easy Seifer... Remember class tomorrow!" Selphie nods before grabbing Quistis and running.

Squall rolled his eyes a little,standing up,hands in his pockets as he looked at the blond,a slight worried frown marring his features as he studied his lover as they headed back to his room."...you feeling ok?"he asked,not sure how to word it better having never been overly concerned about other's mental health.

Seifer didn't respond. Until they were inside the door to Squall's rooms. Then he turns and kisses Squall roughly pushing Squall up against the door. both hands on Squall's hips.

Squall moaned into his mouth,eyes falling shut,hands smoothing up seifer's arms before his fingers tangled in the blond's hair,squirming against his hands,wanting to press close to him.

Seifer grants him the wish before grinding his own hips into Squall's, still kissing him biting gently on his bottem lip then back to the kiss. breaing the kiss to kiss along Squall's jaw.

Squall moaned tilting his head back,resting it against the door,pushing seifer's shirt up,fingers running along his stomach.

"God's I want you Squall." Seifer whispers nibbling Squall's neck now.

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To Sway,

If you'd like to Beta for me I'd happily agree! I'm a bit busier then I thought, and don't have time for a long lengthy edit it would take me. If you send the version you've finished, Youngladyartemis@yahoo, I would appreciate it. Just name it at FFVIII and I'll open it.

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